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Delegates Embrace 'One Nation' Movement, Oct. 2 March on Washington

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 09:14 Todd Leyda
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Other resolutions adopted:

  • Building Sustainable Communities
  • Support for Constituency Groups

CWA convention delegates pledged to join the growing "One Nation" movement and said they will do everything possible to make the October 2 march on Washington and other events a huge success.

One Nation, first proposed by the NAACP, has grown to include more than 170 labor, civil rights, environmental and progressive groups. "People of progressive and democratic values must reset the national political narrative and profoundly influence the national political climate. Americans need a wake-up call," delegates said. Locals and allies will be encouraged to participate in One Nation events, and delegates resolved to support "a core political agenda that encompasses the One Nation march theme: "Putting Americans Back to Work, Bringing America Back Together."

Building sustainable communities: Delegates also voted to continue CWA's work with the Sierra Club and other organizations, to bring one gigabyte broadband service to anchor institutions in communities throughout the United States to build and sustain economic development in rural and lower-income urban communities. This partnership also will fight for good, green jobs and sustainable communities by working for comprehensive climate and clean energy legislation.

Support for constituency groups: CWA delegates acknowledged the important role that the AFL-CIO constituency groups have in building the labor movement among diverse communities. Delegates voted to encourage locals to get involved with the groups and encourage local and members to join. The groups are: the A. Philip Randolph Institute, the Asian Pacific American Labor Alliance, the Coalition of Black Trade Unionists, the Coalition of Labor Union Women, the Labor Council for Latin American Advancement and Pride at Work.

Last Updated ( Tuesday, 03 August 2010 19:16 )
 

Convention 2010

Tuesday, 03 August 2010 08:37 Todd Leyda
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  • Biennial conventions
  • Merger of Districts 2 and 13
  • Merger of Communications and Technologies and Telecommunications Sectors
  • Vote on the Executive Board for the Canadian Director
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CWA Members Help Push Arkansas Senate Race to Run-Off

Friday, 21 May 2010 12:21 Todd Leyda
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CWAers in Arkansas worked hard on the Senate primary election and helped push that race to a run-off election between Lt. Governor Bill Halter and incumbent Senator Blanche Lincoln, set for June 8.

Mike Koller, president of the Arkansas Council of CWA Unions, said CWA members were excited about the campaign and the opportunity to send Bill Halter to the U.S. Senate. "The fact is, CWA members in Arkansas gave up on Blanche Lincoln because she gave up on us, especially when she decided that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Big Business lobbyists were her real constituents, not the working men and women who sent her to Washington."

CWA and IUE-CWA locals in Arkansas, plus union retirees, mobilized early to support Halter. More than 17,000 CWA member-to-member contacts were made, through phone calls, worksite leafleting and door knocks.

CWA District 6 Vice President Andy Milburn said CWAers in Arkansas accomplished an amazing victory, and it's not over yet. "I'm proud of our members in Arkansas who said that we need to take a chance because we need a change. It's difficult to challenge an incumbent, but CWA members said that they want a Senator who will stand up for working families, and that Bill Halter is that candidate. We've sent the message that we will hold elected officials accountable."

Lincoln has shown her true colors by voting to tax workers' health care; refusing to support Employee Free Choice and workers' rights; opposing President Obama's nominee to the NLRB; preferring that bankers get a cool $87 million tax-free instead of helping students who want to go to college, and other stands that are just wrong for working families.

Separately, CWA's independent campaign:

  • Generated 45,632 telephone calls and 34,600 conversations on the issues.
  • Resulted in 6,270 hours of canvassing, with canvassers knocking on 47,716 doors.
  • Produced televisions ads and radio commercials that raised the campaign's important issues
Last Updated ( Friday, 21 May 2010 12:22 )
 

Benefits Tax Not Just A Union Problem

Wednesday, 24 February 2010 13:16 Todd Leyda
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Unions have led the fight against the proposed "Cadillac tax" on high-cost health benefits. And when union leaders, including CWA President Larry Cohen, negotiated adjustments in the tax with the White House opponents of health reform depicted the agreed-upon changes as a sweetheart deal for unions.

For example, Fox News said, "Democratic leaders are once again drawing fire from their critics for extending special treatment to an interest group in exchange for its support of the bill. The latest deal was struck Thursday among the White House, Congress and union leaders over the proposed tax on high-value 'Cadillac' health insurance plans."

As with many issues involving health reform, the reality doesn't match the hype.

The so-called "Cadillac tax" as included in the Senate-passed health reform bill would hit millions of workers, 80 percent of whom are not represented by unions, according to a study released today by the Center for Labor Research and Education at the University of California, Berkeley. And under the proposed amendment negotiated by the union leaders with the White House, 83 percent of those affected would be non-union, the study estimates.

Moreover, most of the savings from the union-White House agreement – 71% – would go to non-union workers, according to the study.

Estimates were based primarily on the Kaiser Family Foundation annual survey of employers about health costs. The employers not only report on costs and benefits, but indicate whether their employees are covered by union contracts.

The authors are Ken Jacobs, William H. Dow, Dave Graham-Squire and Laurel Tan. Jacobs is chair of the Center for Labor Research and Education. Dow, a health economist, was a senior economist for President George W. Bush’s Council of Economic Advisers.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 February 2010 13:17 )
 

End Delay on NLRB Gridlock

Friday, 19 February 2010 13:19 Todd Leyda
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CWA is continuing to press for NLRB nominees Craig Becker and Mark Pearce to be confirmed as soon as possible, with a recess appointment from President Obama if necessary.
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